Poker
April 6th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesAmaya is one of numerous online gambling enterprises being potentially linked to suspicious companies based offshore in safe tax havens spread across the Caribbean. The so-called Panama Papers can trace at least one business in...
Poker
April 4th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesDespite recent issues Amaya has been granted an extension on its New Jersey iGaming license by the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). On September 15, 2015, Amaya was finally granted a transactional waiver by New...
Poker
April 3rd, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesThe Global Poker League (GPL) is set to get underway on April 5 and after 19 weeks of action the inaugural tournament series will conclude with a finale inside London’s SSE Arena, Wembley. Announcing the latest details of...
Players
March 30th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesPoker pro Terrance Chan recently took part in his sixth mixed martial arts (MMA) bout and came through the experience without a single cut. Competing at 125 pounds under the Underground Battle MMA banner (which is part of World...
Poker
March 29th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesAmaya CEO David Baazov is taking an indefinite paid leave of absence from the company he founded in 2004 as a financial investigation into his possible role in an alleged insider trading scheme lingers. “Mr. Baazov is...
Poker
March 27th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesSportAccord, the international body tasked with uniting Olympic and non-Olympic sports, looks set to accept the International Federation of Poker’s (IFP) Match Poker variant as a sport. While some players may still argue...
Rumors
March 19th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesPoker player and convicted murderer Joran van der Sloot has been caught on camera apparently confessing to a second murder, that of 18-year-old American, Natalee Holloway. He has long been a prime suspect in the disappearance of...
Players
March 17th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesMax Kruse, the German soccer star who enjoys a game or two of poker in his spare time, has suffered not one but two bad beats after leaving part of his bankroll in the back of a taxi cab. The striker, who currently plays in...
Poker
March 16th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesSheldon Adelson is slowly exiting his self-imposed exile from the political arena and finally commenting on the current 2016 race for the White House. During an event last month honoring former New York City mayor and past...
Financial
March 15th, 2016 | by
Kaycee JamesAmaya CEO David Baazov reported stronger-than-expected company profits for the three months ending December 31 during a conference call with investors on Monday. He also reported to investors that his planned buyback of the...
